brigalow

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n. An Australian tree, Acacia harpophylla

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Any one of several species of Acacia, especially A. harpophylla, which yields a hard, heavy brown wood having a strong odor of violets. It is used in turning and for building purposes, and by the aboriginals for spears, boomerangs, and clubs.

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Locally this region contrasts sharply with the eucalypt and brigalow (Acacia harpophylla) woodlands on more fertile soils and less arid climate of the Brigalow Belt to the east and the clay plains of the Mitchell Grass Downs to the north.